3 Semester Hours This course is designed to expand the student’s knowledge and hands-on experience of Fiber Optic fundamentals, such as Safety Considerations, Industry Standards, Applications, Industry Tools, National Electric Code Pertaining to Fiber Optics, Cleaning and Preparation of Fiber Optic Cable Ends, Proper Cleaving Procedures, and Termination of Mechanical Fiber Optic Splices and also provides Principles of Fiber Optic Fusion Splicing. Also woven throughout is Basic Life/Work Skills.